Question

A3) Activity based on Poetic Device : 01

‘sand of dead habit.’

(Identify and explain the figure of speech)​

Answer 1

Answer:

In the case of Tagori's poem, figures of speech include the following metaphors and personifications: ... "Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit": Habits don't literally die, especially not while we are still using them, so "dead" here stands as a metaphor for things we do repeatedly and unthinkingly.